Going Off To Get Married

The big day becomes a real holiday when couples hold their ceremonies in faraway places

When Bernadine Rivera and Kevin Campion get married next spring, they won't do it in Lomita, Calif., where she lives, or in nearby La Mirada, where he lives. They'll do it in Paris before a dozen friends and family members. Rivera, 46, and Campion, 47, plan to exchange vows in one of the city's historic churches (for legal reasons, they will first have a quick ceremony Stateside) and take their guests to dinner at a three-star restaurant before embarking on a European honeymoon. "What could be more romantic than a wedding in Paris!" says Rivera.

Traveling afar on the wedding day...

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